Adjustable skirt holder and rack



(No Model.)

F. M. REYNOLDS. y ADJUSTABLE SKIRT HLDER AND RACK.' No. 352,891.

UNITED STATES' l PATENT' OFFICE., i 7

FLORENCE M.'REYNOLDS, OF PINACATE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOSIE HUMBLE, OF 'LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

ADJUSTABLE SKIRT HOLDER AND RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 352,891, dated November 16, 1886. Application led June 11i, 1886. Serial No. 205,054. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Beitknown that LFLoRENoE M. REYNoLDs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pinacate, in the county of San Diego and State of California, have invented certain 'new and useful Improvements in DresslVIakers7 Adj ustable Skirt Holders and Racks, and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an adjustable skirt holder and rack for dress-makers use, and has for its object to produce a device to take the place of the usual lapboard, and on which the dress-skirt can be suspended and supported so that the weight will be taken from ofi' thelap, and the dress-'maker can leave the work without disarranging it. The device is adjustable, so that the operator can work in either a sitting or standing position.4 lt is also adjustable to accommodate different sizes of skirts, and is convertible into a rack for suspending and displaying` the skirt after it is finished. It is designed to be used mostly in trimming g the skirt after it has been seamed.

To the accom plishment of the above ends the invention consists in the construction and the combination of parts, hereinafter particularly described, and then sought to be specificallyV defined by the claims.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a side elevation of the device with the spreaders in plan; Fig. 2, a similar view of the upper portion in a raised position.l Fig. 3 is a section on an enlarged scale, showing manner of connecting spreaders to slide. Fig. 4 is a perspective of the slide.

In the drawings, the letter A designates the base of the stand, which maybe secured to the floor by screws or other means. Through this lase passes a staff, B, which can be raised and lowered vertically and held to the desired adj ust-ment by a set-screw, C, passed through base A and bearing against the staff. The'staft' is made in two parts,and`is either hollowr or solid. The upper part is preferably hollow yor tubular, and is connected to the lower -part by a hinge, D. A segment bar, E, is secured at tween `the spools, as shown.

one end to the upper part of the staff, and passed through a s'lot in the lower part. It is formed with perforations a., so that a pin, F, can be passed through the lower part into one 4of said perforations to hold the upper part in a vertical position, or other position between it and a horizontal. Aslide, G, fits over the upper part, and is formed at one end with slots b, in which lie the two arms H, whichI pass through openings c in the upper part of the staff, and within the staff are hinged or pivoted to a block, I, which slides inside the staff. A set-screw, J, will hold the slide at any position to which it may be adjusted. rIhe slide Gis secured to the block I by a pin, which passes through and Works in a longitudinal slot, f, in the upper tubular portion of the staff. To the outer `end of each arm is pivoted a `rod or bracket, K, to be designated herein as a spreaden77 These spreaders are hinged or pivoted to the arms Hin any suitable wayfor instance, when the spreaders are composed of two bars, by a pin, d passed through the spools e and the end of the arms, which lit be- By moving the slide G toward the hinged end of the stati the arms H are drawn in, so as to bring the two spreaders nearer together, 'thus adjusting them to a smaller-sized skirt.

In operation the upper part of the staff is brought to a horizontal position, which brings the two spreaders into a like position, parallel with each other and the same distance from the floor. The skirt is then placed over the spreaders and the latter adjusted to or from each other to suit the size skirt to be trimmed. rllhe skirt is thus suspended and the operator relieved of its weight, and, if called away,will find the work in the same position it was left without any of its parts being disarranged. If it is designed to adjust the drapery, the upper hinged section of the stand or holder is raised to a vertical position, and held there by changing the position of the pin F in the segment E, and the spreaders will then be in the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2.

When the holder is to be used as a rack, the upper portion of the staff stands in the upright position in Fig. 2, and the two spreaders are turned so as to bring them end to endin a horizontal position. The two spreaders will be secured together by any suitable fasteningfor instance, by a slide or clasp, L. Hooks of any approved form may then be clasped to the spreaders and the skirts or other articles sus- 4 pended therefrom.

If desired, the staff B can be turned in its bearings, so as to bring any portion ofthe skirt to the operator Without the latter changingher seat. y

The device is simple and cheap to construct, strong and durable in use, and greatly facilitates the work ofthe dress-maker, and renders sition, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the sectional staff, one section being hinged to the other,r a slide connected to one section of the staff, laterallyadjustable arms connected with the slide, and spreaders pivoted or hinged to said arms, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the sectional staff, one section being tubular and hinged to the other, a block sliding within the tubular portion, a slide secured to said block, latera1lyadjustable arms hinged to the block, and spreaders pivoted to said arms, substantially as described. 4 Y

In testimony whereof IaiiX my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

Y FLORENCE M. REYNOLDS. v

Witnesses:

L. D. MAPEs, C. J. REYNOLDS.

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